Carol King
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Carol King spends her time between Sicily and London. She has been a journalist and writer for 30 years and a freelance for more than 20 years. Carol loves travel and has visited 36 countries - so far. Her appetite for travel has seen her track gorillas in Uganda, climb Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, visit salt mines in Poland and puff cigars in Cuba. Outside of the UK she has lived in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Modica, Sicily. After more than 20 years as a technology journalist editing various titles and writing for newspapers including the Wall Street Journal Europe, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, now Carol writes mainly on travel, art, architecture, film and history for books, magazines and websites. She has written about travel for TheTravelEditor.com, Frommer’s, Volotea Airline and 1001 Escapes, as well as Destinations Travel, Destination Weddings, Psychologies and Discover magazines. Carol also does guest slots on the BBC radio show Mondo Italiano and Australia’s Rete Italia. She loves Sicily: its nature, architecture, sun, sea, food and, most of all, its people.
Articles by Carol King
A priceless crucifix by medieval master Paolo Veneziano is back in Italy after being looted 67 years ago in the aftermath of World War II.German autho…
Archaeologists have finished excavating an Ancient Roman auditorium discovered under Rome’s Piazza Venezia thoroughfare.The discovery is being hailed…
According to experts, the ‘Mona Lisa’ might be famous for her enigmatic expression, but hers is not the only enigmatic smile Leonardo da Vinci created…
Italian fashion house Fendi is donating €2.12 million to restore Rome’s historic Trevi Fountain.Famous as a location in Federico Fellini’s 1960 movie…
From 23 to 24 March, 700 of Italy’s cultural sites, many of which are not usually open to the public, will be open to all for free.
The open days for…
After removing decades of grime, experts doing restoration on the Colosseum in Rome have discovered the ancient building’s glorious colours.Archaeolog…
In the picture: Chiesa di Santa Maria della ScorziataSource:Ph Massimo ListriItalian newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’ ran a report revealing that appro…
Italy’s recently elected politicians are younger than ever and there are more women among them than ever before.According to data published by the Nat…
For those unable to afford a Ferrari there’s the chance to drive one for as little as €70 (US$90/£60).Operators offering tours of the Ferrari company…
Catholics around the world have a new pope. Cardinals elected Pope Francisco, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.The 76-year-old Pope Francesco i…
The Vatican and the Italian Ministry of Culture have reached an agreement to restore the Passetto di Borgo (Small Passage of the Borgo) covered walkwa…
Both Italians and Irish are readying to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on 17 March.In Bologna, the five-day long ‘Irlanda in Festa’ (Irish Festival) st…
Carol King speaks to the director of the highly acclaimed film ‘Gomorrah’ Matteo Garrone about his latest movie ‘Reality’ starring a former mafia hit…
Italian fashion house Valentino emerges as the most eco-friendly luxury fashion brand in a survey conducted by environmental organisation Greenpeace r…
Rome council has agreed to rename a city square after Blessed John Paul II.The city’s Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano (St. John Lateran Square) will b…
The woman portrayed in the ‘Mona Lisa’ is not Lisa Gherardini according to an Italian historian.Going against the traditional view regarding the ident…
Posters of photographs by contemporary Italian photographers and poems by Italian poets are on display on Washington D.C. buses. The project features…
As Queen Elizabeth II cancels a state visit to Italy, Carol King looks back at her first visits as a princess and then a young monarch.
Queen Elizabe…
Scientific tests conducted by a Swiss art foundation reveal that a painting of the ‘Mona Lisa’ unveiled last year is possibly an early version of Leon…
A Sicilian chocolate maker is set to create the most expensive chocolate in the world using a rare substance secreted by sperm whales.The newspaper ‘C…